Feminists write about mental health

Living As An Act Of Rebellion

When you’ve grown up, like I have, being told over and over by society that “you are not wanted here”, every day spent on this planet alive is not only a struggle but an act of rebellion. Rationally speaking, the world would like nothing more than for all depressed people to shoot themselves already. We are a draining of resources, we “take” more than we “give” as a result of either poor performance at work or sheer incapacity to work at all. And we are an inexhaustible source of “negativity”, that modern virus so poisonous to positive attitude. I am not exaggerating when I say this: I have read accounts by remarkably mediocre “specialists” (of one kind or another) that “negative” people should be eliminated. Perhaps not in a “literal” sense, but the intentions are there. We are clearly unwanted.
The problem starts when you reply to society that our depression is not some kind of fashion accessory that we happen to be wearing at the moment because it makes us look cool and edgy. It is an illness, and there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that it may be caused by society itself. That’s right. Our “condition” could be a consequence of the state society is in. We are, in a way, the “casualties” of a system purposefully designed to make nobody happy.

This is so well said.
Ha, depression and anxiety evolved for a reason. If our cavepeople ancestors had been all happy happy positive thinking, and not run the fuck away from sabre-toothed tigers, not given in when a bigger caveperson was winning the fight, they’d be dead. *Blushes at utter dumbing down of evolutionary explanations of mental illness*. So yeah, er, eliminating us would not be a good thing.

Sorry girls so great to have found your site. I have sent two emails. The first one I don’t think got through to you. The second one did get through if you check on where you tell about yourselves.

I have told you all about myself and my opinions. It alarms me that the last post on your site was in February. I hope you read what I have said and get back to me soon. There is so much I would like to say to you all.